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Right on! Too bad you didn't go to Index, then you coulda titled the thread: "Trip Report: Index open for bidness"

Sheesh Roark, you talk about guns as if they were bad.

Those pins have been "missing" for 10 years. And yes, it does make it a bit scary. What I think makes it scary is the fact that even though you're not that high up, you are right above the anchor setup so there's a good chance of getting your feet all tangled up and flipping over onto your head, or possibly disrupting the belay.

I couldn't focus on what she was stuttering because of those crazy freakin' alien eyebrows . Total sigh of relief when she turned it over to Daschle.

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Don't worry, E-Rock, baseball season's nearly upon us. And, there's always next year, hoo-rah, buck up little jimmy, they'll do it for the fans.

Send pictures Can you inquire about rock-climbing in Samui for me? That is, is there any? I may be there next fall.

I don't think "thin skinned" is the right word here. It's one thing to listen to a polite critique. It's another to read to variations on a theme of your route sucks 20 times over two days. It would probably be a lot more friendly in here if people could resist the urge to add their own unique way to say "that route is an overbolted piece of hot stinky shit" to the pile of ten already there. Critiquing peoples routes is probably actually the perfect place to use the dreaded "me too" or icon. "Me too" lets you add your vote, cause sometimes you just gotta be heard, but refrains from spraying in the route-builder's face.

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Awesome!

I am wearing Dockers right now and I drove a Buick to work today. I feel so horrible. You are mean EternalX .

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Even if there's a TNF logo sewn into 'em?

Yes there were, and one of 'em was dropping a whole bunch a lotta rocks on us. It's an easy route to be dropping rocks from, but I think they could've been a bit more careful . Which reminds me, I forgot to add "helmet" to the above beta.

Atkins diet is for people who want to lose weight, but not necessarily for those who want to also be "fit". Nurses Health Study came out with a paper saying margarine was worse than butter. Edited to add: I just did a quick search and could find no statement as such from the NHS. Perhaps I just heard it on the news and it was spun by dairy mfr's ? Here's an abstract from a current publication that certainly does not say butter is better and may hint at it being worse.

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I haven't seen the official topo so my pitch #'s may be off but here's the beta as per your specifications: p's 1 through ~12 straightforward (follow the bolts) 1.5 bolts, lot's of 'em p's 13-16 might want topo 3 small nuts and tcu's (in looseness) p's 17-? didn't do HELMET recommended

Put 'em in the chipper!

I'm curious as to whether such perfectly rectilinear anchor placements are optimal. To my way of thinking, pits with irregular sides may be more practical in the field, and may actually increase the shear strength.

Both! From Nov -> April the closure will be at Taylor River which is a mile (or less according to Klenke [who seems to know his stuff]) from the trailhead for this climb. May -> October it's closed at Dingford Creek which is well past it. By the way, choss not moss is and will be the issue with this climb.

He's probably hoping that will help him avoid a felony rap for ratting on the prez.

EXACTLY!!! They have completely shifted focus from constituent representation to simply self-preservation and power accumulation. Though you seem to want to deflect this topic (other presidents, congress), I'll readdress the main point, which is Bush. Are you saying that we should vote for Bush again because the congress didn't stop him from doing all the bad things he did? Looney logic.